To our knowledge, the m-tree previously has not been applied in this
fashion to the numerical factorization, but it has been used,
directly or indirectly, in several optimal order algorithms for
computing the fill-in during the symbolic factorization phase
[4] - [10], [5], [6]. In §1.3., we analyze the complexity of the old and new
approaches to the intersection problem for the special case of
an \(n \times n\)  grid ordered by nested dissection. The special
structure of this problem allows us to make exact estimates of
the complexity. To our knowledge, the m-tree previously has not been applied in this
fashion to the numerical factorization, but it has been used,
directly or indirectly, in several optimal order algorithms for
computing the fill-in during the symbolic factorization phase
[4] - [10], [5], [6].
This is accomplished by exploiting the m-tree,
a particular spanning tree for the graph of the filled-in matrix.
To our knowledge, the m-tree previously has not been applied in this
fashion to the numerical factorization, but it has been used,
directly or indirectly, in several optimal order algorithms for
computing the fill-in during the symbolic factorization phase
[1]} - [2]}, [3]}, [4]}.
